The Manchester Compendium - A Street-by-Street History of England's Greatest Industrial City

Informationen zum Autor Ed Glinert was born in Dalston, East London. His fascination with people and place, coupled with his forensic gift for digging out obscure stories, have made him one of the most acclaimed writers about London. He now turns his attention to his home town, Manchester. His previous books include The London Compendium, East End Chronicles, West End Chronicles and Literary London. Klappentext Manchester's town hall and its Royal Exchange epitomise the city's architectural grandeur and its industrial heritage. This title relates the remarkable and diverse history of this England's second city! covering various areas of human activity and incorporating the events and key moments in the city's history. Zusammenfassung In the same format as the successful London Compendium, the Manchester Compendium relates the remarkable and diverse history of England's second city. Manchester's town hall and its Royal Exchange epitomise the city's architectural grandeur and its industrial heritage., Peterloo and Engel's treatise on the conditions of the working classes its political history and the Manchester Guardian and Factory Records its cultural and social history. From Thomas de Quincey to Alan Touring, Neville Cardus to Morrissey - all are part of the city's rich and fascinating past. Covering every area of human activity and incorporating all the great events and key moments in the city's history this will be a fresh and unique perspective on a great city.

Product details

• Authors: Ed Glinert, Glinert Ed
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780141029306
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102930-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 1 mm x 1 mm x 1 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Travel > Travel guides > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Orte und Menschen: Sachbuch, Bildbände, Lancashire, HISTORY / Social History, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Local History, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Place names and gazetteers, Place Names & Gazetteers